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Student Instructions
1. Read the passage about how a seed grows into a plant. 2. Record yourself reading the passage out loud. 3. Answer each question about what you read. 4. Show your thinking on the open-ended questions using writing, voice, or video. 5. Do your best and have fun learning about plants! 🌱
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
This activity guides students through an informational text about the life cycle of a plant, from seed to adult plant. Students practice reading fluency, then answer comprehension questions focused on key details, vocabulary (germinate, seedling, adult plant), and the sequence of plant growth. The final tasks invite students to reflect on the life cycle and explain it in their own words using text or multimedia. Use the reading fluency part for students to record themselves reading the passage. Seesaw will auto-score the reading, but you should listen to recordings to check for accuracy, expression, and decoding of content words such as seedling, germinate, and cycle. For the open-ended paragraph question, high-quality answers should clearly describe the plant life cycle in order (seed → germinate → seedling → adult plant → new seeds) and mention what the plant needs (water, air, light/heat). For the multimedia response, strong answers should explain what part of the life cycle they find most interesting and why, using at least one correct science detail from the passage. Teachers can mark open-ended responses correct when students show clear understanding of the life cycle steps and plant needs, and incorrect when key stages or ideas are missing or mixed up.
